Battle for the Biosphere Flashcards
Biodiversity
The number, and variety of living species found in a specific area.
Bio fuels
Fuel sources derived from agricultural crops.
Biome
A plant, and animal community covering a large area of the Earth’s surface. There are 7.
Biosphere
The living part of the Earth: plants, and animals.
CITES
Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species of wild fauna, and flora. An international agreement.
Conservation
Managing the environment in order to preserve, protect, or restore it.
Deforestation
The chopping down, and removal of trees to clear an area of forest.
Degradation
The social, economic, and environmental decline of an area, often through deindustrialisation.
Gene pool
The genetic material contained by a specific population.
Goods
Produced items, and materials.
Hydrological cycle
The global stores of water, and the linking processes that connect them.
Ramsar
The Ramsar convention on wetlands is an intergovernmental treaty for the conservation, and wise use of wetlands.
Services
Things that are provided, bought, and sold that are not tangible.
Sustainability
That idea that the current generation of people should not damage the environment in ways that will threaten the future generations’ environment.
Unsustainable
Unable to be kept going at the same rate, or level.
